Emergency automobile-tire.



L. M. TIOHENOR.

EMERGENCY AUTOMOBILE TIRE. APPLICATION FILED MAR.13,1913.

1,076,71 9. Patented 001;. 28, 1913 5 14 uewtoz when .hUTlIJLllIOllILE-TIRE.

specification of Letters; Patent.

Application lllea March ill, will. Serial We. raacae.

To all whom it may concern:

Be 1t lniownthat l, Lurnnn it'll. 'ilroi-innon,

a citizen of the United States, residing at ()wensville, in the county of Gibson and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Emergency Automobile-Tire; and it do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to the art of automobiles, and particularly to a new and use tul emergency automobile tire.

When an automobile tire becomes punctured, while on an automobile tour, or a blow-out or other tire trouble occurs, and there is no way of repairing the tire withoutconsiderable loss of time and trouble on the part of the chauffeur, it is the object of the present invention to provide what is known as an emergency tire," one that can be easily and readily adjusted to the wheel in a very short time, thus answering the purpose, until the machine can be run to.

the garage, where the tire cambe mended.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an emergency tire comprising a hollow tube constructed of composition rubber and canvas, suitably packed with small particles of cork or the like and provided with an interior centrally arranged circular rod, which together with the tiller oi? cork or the like tends to hold the emergency tire in its proper shape.

Another object of the invention is the provision of two circular plates, one secured to each end oi the circular rod. The plates are provided with looking devices, whereby the tire may be held upon the rim oi, the wheel.

in practical fields the details of construction of the improved emergency tire may necessitate alterations, to which the patentee' is entitled, provided the alterations iall within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises tart-her features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set 'forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings :Figure l is a sectional view, partly in elevation of the improved emergency tire constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is "a sectional view on line 2-2 of Fig. i. Fig. 3 is a osine ends of said rod one of said lates sectional view on line 3--3 of Fig. 2. liig. 4: as is an end view oi? one end of the lire.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates a tubular emergency tire constructed of a composition oi rubber and canvas, in which a tiller oi cork, or other e fibrous material 2, tending to hold the tire 1n 1ts oroper Shape, is arranged. r'h. circular IOC 3 extends centrally through the t the ends 5 of which are secured as shown at 6 to the circular plates 7 and The plates as 7 and 8 are provided with threads 7, "Whfll l engage the inner circumference of the tire 1 to prevent displacement. The circular plate 7, in Figs. 1 to a: inclusive is provided with dove-tailed recesses 9, which open, upon the opposite sides oil? the tire. l ven though the plates 7 and,8 are threaded, they are vulcanized in the tire at the thr ads. tions, in any suitable manner. the recesses 9 are correspondingy blocks or members 10, which are in position and against the wall of tin lar tire, as shown in E5, as at means of the s rings 12.

Carried by t' e members it) are the spi catch lugs 13, which enter the recess ll oi? the circular plate 8, that is, when the two ends of the tire are brought together, so as to engage the shoulders 15 oi the circular plate 8. When the two ends of the tire are brought together, spring catch lugs first engage the inclined surfaces it thereby moving the lug inwardly, so as to allow them to engage the shoulders, The rec ss 14, as shown clearly in Figs. il -and '3, is only wide enough to admit the spring'catch logs. in this manner lateral movement of the op posite ends of this tire, is prevented.

The tubular ,lfire' is vulcanized or other wise secured to the threaded portions of the circular plates '2 andll.

-The invention having been. set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is A split emergency tire provided. with a tiller and including a circular rod extending centrally therethrough, plates having threaded portions vulcanized to the interior of the opposing ends of the tire and'pro vided withthreaded connections to the up having a recess provided with oppositely arranged shoulders, the other'plate being provided with oppositely arranged dovetailed recesses opening upon the sides of the tire, spring retained members mounted in said dove-tailed recesses and provided with integral spring catch lugs to engage the 5 shoulders of the opposite plates, said cas-' ing of the tire having openings registered with the dove-tailed recesses to receive an instrument whereby said members may be actuated against the tension of their 10 springs to disconnect the spring catch lugs,

vthe tire adjacent the ends of the dove-tailed" recesses holding the spring retained members in the dove-tailed recesses. V

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of 15 two subscribing Witnesses.

LUTHER M. TICH EN ()lt. Witnesses HENRY Manon, JNO. C. KENDLE. 

